EOM Proclamation, Indianapolis Mayor

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has issued a proclamation designating October 2019 as Employee Ownership Month!  A PDF copy of the proclamation is available here.  Feel free to download this proclamation for use during your Employee Ownership Month Celebrations.  A image copy is provided below: Have a great EOM! Rick


EOMonth 2019 – Governor’s Proclamation

INCEO is very pleased to share that Governor Eric J. Holcomb has issued a Governor’s Proclamation designating October 2019 as Employee Ownership Month. Thank you Governor Holcomb for your continued support of Employee Ownership in Indiana! An image of the proclamation is provided below and a PDF copy is available for download here.  Please use…


Fort Wayne – Celebration Employee Ownership Month

Thomas Henry, Mayor of the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana has issued a Mayoral Proclamation recognizing October as Employee Ownership Month!  This is the FIRST of what I hope will be several Indiana proclamations in support of Employee Ownership and EO Month. INCEO would like to thank and recognize Mayor Henry for supporting Employee Ownership…


Workers to Owners

INCEO recently joined a national collaborative of organizations working to convert businesses to worker- and employee-ownership by engaging with companies, places, and governments.  This collaboration of like minded organizations named “Workers to Owners” is the leading body of knowledge and practice in the country focusing on small business conversions. Members share tools, practices, and innovations, aggregate…


Hearing Request – SBA Cooperative Lending

Over 90 organizations, across 26 states and the District of Columbia joined the National Cooperative Business Association – CLUSA International in support and request a committee hearing on the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent report to Congress, “Cooperative Lending – Personal Guarantee Requirement” that was required through the bipartisan supported and passage of the Main…


Party Platforms & Employee Ownership

Every 4 years, like clockwork, the Republican and Democratic parties will develop their party platform which will be voted and passed at the national conventions. It is my hope that the Republican National Party Platform will once again support Employee ownership.  In the 2016 Party platform: Republicans believe that the employer-employee relationship of the future…


Labor Day, ERISA, & ESOPs

Did you know that on Labor Day 1974, President Ford signed the 1974 ERSIA act into law.  What is ERISA?  The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these…